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# 15  
Old 04-07-2003
Hi Nero,

Here is my /etc/inittab file. Which I see the last line has the FaxModem entry. And the line before is a console entry....


  • ap::sysinit:/sbin/autopush -f /etc/iu.ap
    ap::sysinit:/sbin/soconfig -f /etc/sock2path
    fs::sysinit:/sbin/rcS sysinit >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    is:3:initdefault:
    p3:s1234: powerfail:/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i5 -g0 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog
    sS:s:wait:/sbin/rcS >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s0:0:wait:/sbin/rc0 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s1:1:respawn:/sbin/rc1 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s2:23:wait:/sbin/rc2 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s3:3:wait:/sbin/rc3 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s5:5:wait:/sbin/rc5 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    s6:6:wait:/sbin/rc6 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    fw:0:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 0 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    of:5:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 6 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    rb:6:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 1 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
    sc:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
    co:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p "`uname -n` console login: " -T sun -d /dev/console -l console -m ldterm,ttcompat
    yb:234:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxmodem /dev/ttyb
# 16  
Old 04-07-2003
Peterh, you still haven't told Perderabo or Neo (not nero Smilie) what OS you're using...
# 17  
Old 04-07-2003
I am running SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R.

Sorry
# 18  
Old 04-07-2003
Great! We are making progress! Comment out or delete this line from your inittab file restart init and you should not have any more of those pesky faxmodem problems Smilie

Here is the offending line:

Code:
yb:234:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxmodem /dev/ttyb

If you are like most of us, prone to make mistakes, copy the original inittab file to something like inittab.faxmodem , edit the original file and simply delete the offending faxmodem line and then restart init i.e. kill -1 [process ID of init] .....

(I'm guessing you have already done so by now...)

Neo
# 19  
Old 04-08-2003
Bug
Thanks nero,

Just a short question. When I edit inittab, Can I use "init q" ?? Is it true that it rereads the inittab.. I just want make sure. I dont want to stop a running system... Smilie

Thanks for all your help

Peter
# 20  
Old 04-08-2003
According to the man page, it does:
Quote:
To spawn each process in /etc/inittab, init reads each entry
and for each entry that should be respawned, it forks a
child process. After it has spawned all of the processes
specified by /etc/inittab, init waits for one of its descen-
dant processes to die, a powerfail signal, or a signal from
another init or telinit process to change the system's run
level. When one of these conditions occurs, init re-
examines /etc/inittab.

inittab Additions
New entries can be added to /etc/inittab at any time; how-
ever, init still waits for one of the above three conditions
to occur before re-examining /etc/inittab. To get around
this, init Q or init q command wakes init to re-examine
/etc/inittab immediately.
Last edited by oombera; 04-08-2003 at 10:24 AM..
# 21  
Old 04-09-2003
init q is just fine (and a better choice)..... glad we were able to find the problem. Looks like you might have other processes in inittab that need to be updated.

Neo
 
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